Keyword filter

[Benjamin-R-Balzer]

Please, correct me if I'm missing out somehow, but I've searched high & low for a simple keyword filter section in Settings, etc., and I'm comin' up empty.

All due respect, but I feel that this is a standard component of all aggregate reader apps (eg. Sync, Boost, RIF, etc.), and I'm genuinely surprised to see it missing in Thunder. I'm unaware of how simple it may be to implement, so please take this as a polite request, not a judgement.

The app itself is fantastic, otherwise, and I'm pretty impressed at the feature additions with each update. Keep up the great work!

[hjiangsu]

I also agree that this should be a feature, but we just have not gotten around to it!

Could you maybe provide some more details in how you would like to see this be implemented? Would this be for posts, comments, or something else entirely? I think showing screenshots of other apps and how they do it, or providing some context into how you would like to access/edit these keywords would be really beneficial

[Benjamin-R-Balzer]

Certainly, and thanks for the feedback! In similar readers (Sync, Boost, Connect, Jerboa, et al.), the Filter integration is a Setting and functions at the feed level. I'm not sure if it also affects comments, though that seems doubtful. Personally, I'd like to be able to filter out, at the very least, things like: death, murder, rape, torture, and others, as well as assclown news like Trump, DeSantis, QAnon, Westboro, etc. To put it simply: if I want to hear about them, I'll actively look it up. Other than that, life's too short. :)

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On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 1:24 PM Hamlet Jiang Su ***@***.***> wrote: I also agree that this should be a feature, but we just have not gotten around to it! Could you maybe provide some more details in how you would like to see this be implemented? Would this be for posts, comments, or something else entirely? I think showing screenshots of other apps and how they do it, or providing some context into how you would like to access/edit these keywords would be really beneficial — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#513 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOAXPJWUF5OPAJYDQBBFTLXTFQXTANCNFSM6AAAAAA266B7SQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[hjiangsu]

Thanks for the reply! Another question: for other apps, does this filter only apply to the title of the post? or does it also apply to the body/text of the post?

It also sounds like to me that there's a way to bypass the filtered keywords as well. Would this be a setting to toggle on/off filters, or is there another way to trigger this bypass?

[Benjamin-R-Balzer]

I don't have other readers installed currently, so I can't screenshot, but: the Settings field is generally just a line for text, with the keywords separated by a comma. No bypass, etc. Also, I believe it screens the entirety of the initial post (title, body, image alt text, etc) just not the comments, if any.

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On Tue, Aug 1, 2023, 2:42 PM Hamlet Jiang Su ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks for the reply! Another question: for other apps, does this filter only apply to the title of the post? or does it also apply to the body/text of the post? It also sounds like to me that there's a way to bypass the filtered keywords as well. Would this be a setting to toggle on/off filters, or is there another way to trigger this bypass? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#513 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOAXPKHH2TZESEOE4FR6N3XTFZ4NANCNFSM6AAAAAA266B7SQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[zchilds]

Hey there, chiming in to how Memmy currently handles filters. At the moment there are two options.

1. Filtering posts based on words in the title of the post
2. Filtering out posts based on the instance they were posted from

Works really well and I'd love to see something like that implemented in Thunder. Thanks!

[hjiangsu]

Filtering posts based on words in the title of the post

This should definitely be possible to do!

Filtering out posts based on the instance they were posted from

For this particular issue, I do feel like it should be a feature that lemmy itself provides as any solutions that we implement on our end will still be sub-optimal (would still need to perform the same API calls and it would still eat up data whereas the lemmy instance would be able to directly filter that out before sending the response back to us)

I'm hoping that lemmy will implement a native way to do this before we get around to this, but if it doesn't end up happening, then we can see how best to do this on our end

[zchilds]

Lemmy natively does provide the option to block communities, but it does not currently allow people to filter posts based on title. I actually submitted an issue on the Lemmy side as well.

LemmyNet/lemmy#3710

[hjiangsu]

Lemmy natively does provide the option to block communities, but it does not currently allow people to filter posts based on title. I actually submitted an issue on the Lemmy side as well.

Yeah, we have functionality to block communities and users since that's offered by lemmy natively. It would be great if they could also add in filtering for keywords on posts/instances since that would just make everything more efficient in terms of reducing fetching unnecessary data

[Benjamin-R-Balzer]

Agreed, and blocking instances is only going to become more essential as the platform gains traction. Incorporating a Report option to blocking such (and users) would be efficient, too. Personally, I prefer passively filtering posts, but actively blocking instances/users. The difference is in the action of pruning one's feed vs. declaring a source unfit/unnecessary.

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On Wed, Aug 2, 2023, 8:37 AM Hamlet Jiang Su ***@***.***> wrote: Lemmy natively does provide the option to block communities, but it does not currently allow people to filter posts based on title. I actually submitted an issue on the Lemmy side as well. Yeah, we have functionality to block communities and users since that's offered by lemmy natively. It would be great if they could also add in filtering for keywords on posts/instances since that would just make everything more efficient in terms of reducing fetching unnecessary data — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#513 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ACOAXPMHUWG5DIE4NY3GK6LXTJX3TANCNFSM6AAAAAA266B7SQ> . You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[donnielrt]

Just as an FYI, seems like instance blocking will land in lemmy soon: LemmyNet/lemmy#3869

[hjiangsu]

This is now in PR stage, let me know what you think about the implementation! (video is attached in the PR: #974)

[hjiangsu]

Keyword filters were added in a previous version and is generally available! I'll close this issue as completed. If there are any other requests, feel free to create a new issue!